Portgual-ESO agreement signing

Signing of the Portugal-ESO Agreement on 27 June 2000, at ESO Headquarters in Garching, Germany. At the table, the ESO Director General, Catherine Cesarsky, and the Portuguese Minister of Science and Technology, José Mariano Gago. Standing are (left to right): Francesco Bello (Portuguese Council Delegate), Nobert König, Arno Freytag (President of the ESO Council) and Trigo de Abreu (Portugal)